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| Title: | Santos
: Enduring Images of Northern New Mexican Village Churches |
| Author: | Marie Romero Cash |
| ISBN: | 0870817485 : 9780870817489 |
| Illustrations: | 10 colour & 109 b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 205x230mm |
| Pages: | 274 |
| Weight: | .698 Kg. |
| Published: | University Press of Colorado - July 2003 |
| List Price: | 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Folk art: Religious subjects depicted in art: New Mexico |
Richly illustrated with examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art from northern New Mexico's village churches, this is an in-depth investigation into the artistic heritage of the New Mexican santero (saint maker). It is also an important study of northern New Mexican artisans and their craft. Along with photographer Jack Parsons, Marie Romero Cash visited every church in the region and documented, identified, and measured each santos. Together they photographed over 500 pieces, including 19 moradas (places of worship for Penitentes) and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Collection housed at the Museum of International Folk Art. Cash's extensive research into these formerly 'anonymous' artisans fills a gap in the study of this unique form, making Santos indispensable for art historians and the general reader interested in the culture and art of the American Southwest.
The Colonisation of New Mexico; The Art of the Santero; The Early Santero and His Role in the Churches; The Classic Golden Age of Santero; The Late Period of the Santero; Paintings on Hide, Canvas and Paper; Santos in the Churches and Collections Today; Index.
